The surname Hernon
An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 557 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex H655
Origin
Irish origin
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hIarnáin (“descendant of Iarnán”), possibly a diminutive of íarn (“iron”).
Hernon is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 557 people named Hernon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 554,301 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 571.
Who is named Hernon
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Hernon identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 92%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Hernon
Hernon has the Soundex code H655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H655.
Other Irish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Hernon come from?
- Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hIarnáin (“descendant of Iarnán”), possibly a diminutive of íarn (“iron”).
- How common is the surname Hernon?
- 557 people in the United States had the surname Hernon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 554,301 Americans. It ranked 39,486th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Hernon?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hernon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Hernon?
- Hernon is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Hernon getting more or less common?
- Less common. 571 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 557 in 2010, down 2.5%.